Iraq’s prime minister announced a new plan aimed at ending the deepening crisis between Shiite and Sunni parties in his government and uniting them behind the drive to stop sectarian killings that have bloodied the country for months. (International Herald Tribune — 3 October, 2006)+ related stories

BAGHDAD, Oct. 2 — Iraq’s prime minister announced a new plan Monday aimed at ending the deepening crisis between Shiite and Sunni parties in his government and uniting them behind the drive to stop sectarian killings that have bloodied the country for months. (Washington Post — 16 hours ago)+ related stories

Iraq’s prime minister on Monday announced a new plan aimed at uniting the sharply divided Shiite and Sunni parties in his government behind efforts to stop rampant sectarian violence. (MSNBC — 3 October, 2006)+ related stories

Parliament extended Iraq’s state of emergency Monday as gunmen snatched 14 employees from shops in downtown Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days. Dozens of bodies were found in and around Baghdad, apparently the latest victims of Shiite-Sunni killings. (International Herald Tribune — 3 October, 2006)+ related stories

Shiite politicians demanded changes in the Iraqi government Sunday, accusing a Sunni Arab party in the coalition of ties to terrorism after a bodyguard of its leader was arrested on suspicion of planning bomb attacks. (International Herald Tribune — 2 October, 2006)+ related stories

A series of bomb blasts went off in rapid succession in a shopping district in a mainly Christian neighborhood of Baghdad on Wednesday. (International Herald Tribune — 28 minutes ago)+ related stories

Iraqs prime minister announced a broad plan to halt militia killings as mass kidnaps by men in uniform and dozens of tortured bodies found in Baghdad fuelled fears of all-out sectarian civil war (ABC News — 3 October, 2006)+ related stories

Shiite politicians demanded changes in the Iraqi government, accusing a Sunni Arab party in the coalition of ties to terrorism after a bodyguard of the party’s leader was arrested on suspicion of planning bomb attacks. (International Herald Tribune — 2 October, 2006)+ related stories

At least 18 people were killed Monday in attacks in Iraq, while authorities found more mutilated bodies in and around Baghdad — likely victims of the sectarian death squads — and 14 people were kidnapped in the capital. (International Herald Tribune — 3 October, 2006)+ related stories

Gunmen kidnapped 14 workers from computer shops in front of Baghdad’s Technical University midday Monday, the second mass kidnapping in as many days in the capital. (International Herald Tribune — 2 October, 2006)+ related stories

The U.S. ambassador to Iraq warned on Friday that time is running out for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to contain the burgeoning sectarian bloodshed that threatens to plunge the country into civil war. (MSNBC — 30 September, 2006)+ related stories

Baghdad’s seven million residents languished at home Saturday after Iraq’s prime minister ordered a total movement ban following the capture of an al-Qaida terrorist suspect, who allegedly schemed to blow up the city’s Green Zone while working as a bodyguard for a senior Sunni Arab political leader. (International Herald Tribune — 1 October, 2006)+ related stories

U.S. troops detained a bodyguard for the leader of Iraq’s biggest Sunni Arab political group on suspicion the guard was preparing suicide bombings, and fearful officials on Saturday enforced a total ban on movement in this city of about seven million people. (MSNBC — 1 October, 2006)+ related stories

Iraq’s political and ethnic leaders agreed Sunday to consider amending the constitution and divide the country into federal regions, a move experts expect will increase sectarian violence in the conflict-torn country. (Aljazeera — 1 October, 2006)+ related stories